- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Echinochloa crus-galli subsp. colona (L.) Honda; Echinochloa crus-galli subsp. colonum (L.) Honda; Milium colonum (L.) Moench; Oplismenus colonum (L.) Kunth; Oplismenus crus-galli var. colonum (L.) Coss. & Durieu; Panicum colonum L.; Panicum crus-galli subsp. colonum (L.) Trab.; Panicum crus-galli subsp. colonum (L.) K.Richt.; Panicum crus-galli subsp. colonum (L.) Makino & Nemoto; Panicum crus-galli var. minus Thwaites; Brachiaria longifolia Gilli; Chamaeraphis brachiariiformis (Steud.) Kuntze; Digitaria cuspidata (Roxb.) Schult.; Echinochloa colonum var. equitans (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Cufod.; Echinochloa colonum var. glauca (Sickenb.) N.D.Simpson; Echinochloa colonum var. glomerulosa Lojac.; Echinochloa colonum var. leiantha Boiss.; Echinochloa colonum var. repens (Sickenb.) N.D.Simpson; Echinochloa colonum f. vivipara Beetle; Echinochloa colonum var. zonalis (Guss.) Wooton & Standl.; Echinochloa colonum f. zonalis (Guss.) Wiegand; Echinochloa divaricata Andersson; Echinochloa equitans (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.E.Hubb.; Echinochloa subverticillata Pilg.;Echinochloa zonalis (Guss.) Parl.; Oplismenus colonum var. zonalis (Guss.) Schrad.; Oplismenus colonus var. zonalis (Guss.) Schrad.; Oplismenus cuspidatus (Roxb.) Kunth; Oplismenus daltonii (Parl. ex Webb) J.A.Schmidt; Oplismenus margaritaceus (Link) Kunth; Oplismenus muticus Phil.; Oplismenus pseudocolonus (Roth) Kunth; Oplismenus repens J.Presl; Orthopogon dichotomus Llanos; Orthopogon subverticillatus Llanos; Panicum aegyptiacum Gouan; Panicum brachiariiforme Steud.; Panicum brizoides L.; Panicum caesium Hook. & Arn.; Panicum colonum var. angustatum Peter; Panicum colonum var. atroviolaceum Hack.; Panicum colonum var. equitans (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) T.Durand & Schinz; Panicum colonum var. glaucum Sickenb.; Panicum colonum var. humile Nees; Panicum colonum f. maculatum Arechav.; Panicum colonum var. pseudocolonum (Roth) Steud.; Panicum colonum var. repens Sickenb.; Panicum colonum var. zonale (Guss.) L.H.Dewey; Panicum cumingianum Steud.; Panicum cuspidatum Roxb.; Panicum daltonii Parl. ex Webb ; Panicum echinochloa T.Durand & Schinz; Panicum equitans Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Panicum equitans f. aquaticum Chiov.; Panicum equitans f. terrestris Chiov.; Panicum flaccidum J.Koenig ex Hook.f.; Panicum geniculatum Forssk. ex Spreng.; Panicum haematodes C.Presl; Panicum hookeri Parl.; Panicum incertum Bosc ex Steud.; Panicum margaritaceum Link; Panicum musei Steud.; Panicum numidianum C.Presl; Panicum petiveri Kotschy ex Griseb.; Panicum prorepens Steud.; Panicum pseudocolonum Roth; Panicum tetrastichum Forssk.; Panicum zonale Guss.; Setaria brachiariiformis (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Echinochloa colonum (L.) Link
- Key identification features : Annuals with erect or ascending culms; Leaves marked with purple streaks, eligulate; Racemes 4 - rowed, with uncrowded spikelets; Caryopsis broadly elliptic, deciduous.
- Flower, Fruit : May- June
- Distribution :
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Islands, Egyp
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Gulf States, Hainan, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Islands, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Literature :
- Hajra, P. K., & Verma, D. M. (1996). Flora of Sikkim Vol. 1 (Monocotyledons). Botanical Survey of India. Pg.: 253-254
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Echinochloa colonum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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